Tom Waldrum

First Name: Tom
Last Name: Waldrum
Description: 
colored man (Free)
Sex: 
Male
Age Descriptor: 
very advanced age
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Tom Waldrum in manner and form aforesaid he was frozen to death in the woods. . .some time during the snow storm

COD Short Description: 
frozen in snow storm
Original Record: 
3552

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